Daily Adventures of the Cannon Family

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Ammon's birthday

Happy 3rd Birthday Ammon!

Ammon and his friends (Matthews and Montierths) celebrating his 3rd birthday.

Ammon said this was his favorite birthday present (a digital camera). He has taken almost 400 pictures since his birthday!

I asked Ammon what kind of cake he wanted. We looked through some pictures online so he could pick one out. He settled on a "snake cake." (It was actually supposed to be an inchworm.)

We went up to Ceresco to the Martin Hillside Orchard to pick out a pumpkin. Ammon, Ryan and Caden had a good time playing with the pumpkins, climbing up the haystack and wandering through the cornmaze.

I couldn't resist catching a shot of my two handsome boys dressed up for church. (Thanks Grandma for the suit!)

Ammon sleeping

We're always finding Ammon in funny sleeping positions. Yes, he is under his bed in the third picture. We'll find him under there every once in a while and have to find a way of getting him back in his bed without waking him up.

Cousins

Before leaving Utah, we were able to get a picture of all the cousins on the Cannon side of the family. I can't believe I got a shot with only one looking away!

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

6 Years!

Kristy had this on her blog, and I thought that since Jeff and I also just celebrated our 6 year anniversary, I would do the same.

1. What is his name? Jefferson Stanley Cannon
2. Who eats more? Jeff
3. Who said, "I love you" first? Jeff did
4. Who is taller? Jeff
5. Who is smarter? It depends. Useless facts and nerdy math and science stuff is Marianne's area, Jeff usually gets the rest.
6. Who is more sensitive? We both have our soft sides.
7. Who does the laundry? Marianne
8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do if it's not against the wall.
9. Who pays the bills? Both (and the wonderful feature of autopay on our online banking)
10. Who cooks more? It used to be Jeff, now that I'm home during the day, I do.
11. Who is more stubborn? Jeff would say that I am, but I don't know if I know a more stubborn couple than we are.
12. Who is the first to admit they are wrong? Jeff. Marianne struggles in this area.
13. Who has more siblings? Jeff
14. Who wears the pants in the relationship? We are equal partners.
15. What do you like to do together? Sports, play with our children, watch movies after the kids are in bed.
16. Who eats more sweets? Marianne, hands down.
17. Guilty Pleasures? Jeff:Xbox, Marianne: hard to say, there are so many...
18. How did you meet? My friend was Jeff's roommate at Snow College.
19. Who asked whom out first? Jeff asked me out to a movie (screen on the green) where we watched the 3 Amigos.
20. Who kissed who first? Jeff did! That's a funny story.
21. Who proposed? Jeff, at the stroke of midnight on New Year's.
22. His best features and qualities? Hardworking (sometimes to a fault), dependable, athletic, great dad, fun, sweet...

Here are a couple pictures from the past 6 years:

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

4th of July

We went camping and 4-wheeling up in the Uintas over the 4th of July weekend. We met up with my mom, Jim, Daniel, Aunt Karen and Uncle Gene. My cousins Staci and Kjerstin and their families came up the next day, just before we were about to leave so we didn't get to spend much time with them. This was Ryan's first time camping, and he handled it like a champ. We got some fun pictures, but I'm still kicking myself for leaving the camera at camp when we went on a "short" ride. The views were beautiful with the wildflowers in full bloom. We also saw a cow moose and her calf! We stopped along the trail for a quick break, and it just happened to be about 20 yards from the moose just downhill from the trail. It was pretty neat, but also a little unnerving. We stayed pretty close to the 4-wheelers and kept an eye on her. Neat experience though. Weekends like this make me really look forward to moving back to Utah so we can do more things like this with family.